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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	RomaniaReviewed	QatarReviewed	MauritiusReviewed
Legal family	Civil law	Mixed (civil law and Islamic law, with a common-law financial centre)	Mixed French civil law and English common law
System of government	Unitary semi-presidential republic	Unitary constitutional monarchy	Parliamentary republic
Constitution	Constitution of Romania	Permanent Constitution of the State of Qatar	Constitution of Mauritius
In force since	1991	2004	1968
Capital	Bucharest	Doha	Port Louis
Official languages	Romanian	Arabic	English, French, Mauritian Creole
Currency	Romanian leu (RON)	Qatari riyal (QAR)	Mauritian rupee (MUR)
Population	19,000,000	3,000,000	1,260,000
Division of powers	Semi-presidential: a directly elected President shares executive power with a Government answerable to Parliament, and constitutional conflicts between them are themselves justiciable before the Constitutional Court.	Unitary. Eight municipalities administered centrally, with a Central Municipal Council of twenty-nine elected members holding advisory functions over local services only.	Unitary, with Rodrigues holding a statutory autonomous status and its own Regional Assembly, and Agalega and St Brandon administered as outer islands.
How law is made	A bill goes to a first-notified chamber and then to the decisional chamber, whose vote is final. The President may return it once for reconsideration or refer it to the Constitutional Court before promulgation and publication in Monitorul Oficial.	The Council of Ministers prepares draft legislation, which goes to the Shura Council for review and then to the Emir for ratification and publication in the Official Gazette. The Emir may return a bill to the Council, and may legislate by decree when the Shura Council is not in session, subject to later submission. Following the 2024 amendment the Council is entirely appointed, so there is no elected legislative check.	Bills pass three readings in the National Assembly with committee scrutiny and receive presidential assent. Constitutional amendments require a three-quarters majority, and certain entrenched provisions — including the electoral and 'best loser' arrangements — require both a three-quarters majority and, for some, a referendum.
Legal profession	Lawyers (avocați) are admitted through local bars affiliated to the UNBR after examination and a two-year traineeship; notaries and judicial enforcement officers are separate professions.	Advocacy before the ordinary courts is reserved to Qatari nationals on the roll of advocates, with foreign lawyers licensed as consultants; onshore pleadings are in Arabic. The QICDRC admits common-law practitioners and sits in English. Attestation before the Ministry of Justice notary is required for powers of attorney, company documents and real property transfers.	A three-branch profession unusual in the region: barristers hold rights of audience, attorneys handle procedure and instruct barristers, and notaries deal with conveyancing and authenticated instruments under the civil-law tradition.

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